You might be thinking of an article by Roy Baumeister entitled, "Should
Schools Try To Boost Self-Esteem? Beware the Dark Side" that was
originally published in the American Educator (Summer 1996). Baumeister
also co-authored an article in Psychological Review (1996, Vol. 103, No.1)
entitled "Relation of Threatened Egotism to Violence and Aggression: The
Darker Side of High Self-Esteem." I use the first article as a reading in
my social psychology course, and students find it provocative -- it usually
stimulates good discussion and presents a good opportunity for some
critical thinking!
Vivian
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At 10:25 AM 6/25/99 -0500, G. Marc Turner wrote:
>I heard someone in our department the other day talking about recent
>research on self-esteem... Accroding to what he said, it turns out that a
>lot criminals have very high self-esteem, as opposed to the low self-esteem
>they were predicted to have. I never heard the actual reference to the
>article(s) (and the guy is now out of the country so I can't ask) but
>perhaps someone else on the list knows where this came from and can verify it?
>
>- Marc
>
>
>At 09:50 AM 6/25/1999 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>I am in need of information.
>>
>>What is self-esteem and what does it do?
>>
>>I am in a debate with a colleague who (w)hole-heartedly believes in the
>>construct as in "the more you have, the better you are." I am
>>skeptical...and maybe suffering from low self-esteem (whatever that is!).
>>
>>Thanks in Advance,
>>RJ
>>
>>
>G. Marc Turner, MEd
>Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
>Department of Psychology
>Southwest Texas State University
>San Marcos, TX 78666
>phone: (512)245-2526
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Vivian M. Hamilton
Instructor of Psychology
Portland Community College
12000 SW 49th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97219
(503) 977-4296
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